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I see it where they make a split by shaking the queen in a box of foundation with maybe a frame of brood, then shaking a bunch of frames of young bees in front of it and letting them walk in. The...

Just an update, the laser frame didn't win the grand prize but got one of the smaller prizes at 250k.

On supercedures though, many are planned where the queen lays in a queen cup, but I don't know if a queen can select certain sperm from different matings and how would she know the best one to use...

Wasn't there a study or paper saying that the worker bees tend to select the least represented sister group to make queencells from? But I also recall a study or paper saying that super-sister...

I believe the bottom of the cage to be the main access point for bees to feed the queen through JZBZ cages as it hast he biggest slot there, so perhaps blocking that was an issue as well.

I've heard of some guys putting additional queens in upper boxes by just using a queen excluder between boxes. Not sure on the details, but I think they were discussing even just sticking weak...

I'm a little skeptical on this one..... but maybe that's just me. The unit is contained in a frame though, so the travel holes are built in for the bees to traverse and the laser detects varroa as...

Pat, how close are you to Naples?

That's standard cold bee posturing once you disturb them. If you find any bee that's on the cooler side but still active, touch it and this is it's immediate response typically.

Another thing I see with a lot of these 'bee ventures' is everyone thinks they're going to be the next flow hive... and not in concept, just success of the crowd funding part. Not that a follow a...

I got on my smart phone and read your blogs etc.. It's not really my cup of tea but taking data and being able to make some predictive analysis can be very useful. Personally i'm way past the hobby...

LOL, i clicked a link and was blocked by work firewall because the site is about "drugs" apparently.... guess I'll take a look later.

Pretty much what MB says. Don't have many issues, but later in the year, more prone to absconding, best to anchor the queen in a push-in for a few days. I don't add any brood, but if you...

Yes, but i'm not treating them to let them live... I'm treating them to increase their chances of surviving so I can use their resources with new genetics... boxes with bees in them come spring are...

I don't understand the let them die philosophy... treat them, requeen.... Empty boxes aren't worth much in Spring. Also, most don't cycle enough generations per year to make much progress.... If...

You can't get sued for AP (Adventitious Presence). At the same time you have to be careful about it though as the traits may have restrictions. For example, if you deal with a distributor or grain...

Paper wasps don't predate bees... they do like coming in for nectar if you're looking at frames though.

you have to control the suction or the vac will kill the bees. I use a bucket head home depot shop vac. No modifications needed other then buying a ball valve and some pvc/vac fittings to attach it...

I don't see what requeening does... unless some bees are resistant to EFB? I don't know if that's the case. I do know I'm seeing it pop up more and more in old comb..... been doing cutouts lately...

The government hasn't gotten a grasp on anything yet... all that happened were laws were passed to actually enforce and amplify apiary registrations so they can "quickly" identify whose bees might...

Internal space in Mann Lake boxes is a little bigger than other manufacturers to accommodate their feeders and only losing one frame. If you try to put their frame feeders in other boxes, you have...

I got a swarm call for bees moving into an outside speaker....... those bees definitely didn't calculate their space requirements other than they all fit inside. The speaker is 14" tall and about...

There are no such thing as swarm or supercedure cells. Bees build queencells to either supercede their queen or swarm, typically the number of cells gives it away. Cells can be of different ages,...

Gotta let it happen, she will fail eventually.

just move them at night, what do you need to wait for?